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New Zealand
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Could NZ have the best Elvis impersonator in the world?
12:19 pm todayTaurean Kenny Mill is heading to the home of the King Rock and Roll to compete against the best.
Whangaparāoa rock pools 'stripped bare' by sea life gatherers, resident says
Waitārere Beach shooting: Three people still fighting for their lives in hospital
Pacific
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FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks remotely
12:29 pm todayThe FLNKS said earlier this week it would not travel to Paris for the roundtable.
Winston Peters off to Kiribati a year after being snubbed
All Blacks: Who is next after Scott Robertson's sacking?
Sport
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Who's next after Robertson's sacking?
about 1 hour agoJamie Wall takes a look at who might be the next All Blacks coach. Audio
Twenty-six charged in latest US basketball gambling scandal
Prize money motivating Breakers in tough NBL season
Politics
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Skilled migrants warned about changes to path to residency
8:40 am todayMigrants told their jobs were skilled may find that's no longer be the case. Audio
Health NZ confirms another major tech outage
Winston Peters off to Kiribati year after being snubbed
World
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Inside Trump's 'crazy world' of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats
8:55 am todayAnalysis: Asked how he could trust pledges from an Iranian regime, the US president left on a cliff-hanger.
White House shrugs off European troops in Greenland
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act over new Minnesota protests
Comment & Analysis
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Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT really waste energy?
15 Jan 2026Analysis - As artificial intelligence use expands, so does its underlying footprint.
Did NZ’s sweeping health reforms deliver on their promise? Three years on, the verdict is mixed
Will Trump's new rules end the World Trade Organisation
Local Democracy Reporting
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Minister reviews funding after $133k Rotorua lake weed clean-up
8:49 am todayRotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell calls the city's weed control funding 'grossly unfair'.
‘It’s devastating’: Generations-old eel population wiped out in Wairoa stream
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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How poo-detecting dogs can help native birds flourish
9 Jan 2026Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island and may thrive with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.
Landmark integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Te Ao Māori
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'He lived fully. He loved deeply': Tributes for journalist and playwright Aroha Awarau
15 Jan 2026Awarau's debut play, Luncheon, starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand and directed by Katie Wolfe, won Best Play at the 2014 New Zealand Script Writing Awards.
Marlborough's only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap
'How do the people break through?' - third of Māori land considered landlocked
Business
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Leaders to meet over tourists trashing Blue Spring
A councillor said tourists were clogging composting toilets with rubbish, throwing coins in the spring and parking dangerously on the roadside.
61 shops announce closures in 10 days: Will liquidation numbers get worse before they improve?
White bread price up 60 percent - here's how much more expensive food got last year
Country
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'It's a little taonga': Saving one of our rarest plants
9 Jan 2026A critically endangered forget-me-not is being saved from the brink of extinction.
Queensland fruit fly could have 'massive impact' on fruit and vegetable crops
Dairy prices reverse course, with demand rising
Environment
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'Darkwaves': The phenomenon killing ecosystems
13 Jan 2026The underwater events affect the entire underwater food chain, and may get more common.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ's rarest bird
Media & Technology
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EB Games heaving with crowds as gamers snatch final deals
15 Jan 2026Huge lines formed outside EB Games stores after it was announced all NZ shops would close at the end of the month.
'Dilbert’ comic creator Scott Adams dies
Stuff files court injunction over Neighbourly data breach on dark web
Identity
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How did we become known as 'Kiwis'?
16 Oct 2024How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
IndoNZ
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‘Turn your backs’: Ethnic leaders call for calm after Sikh parade disruptions
15 Jan 2026Community leaders seek dialogue after a protest group linked to Destiny Church has confronted religious processions in South Auckland and Tauranga in recent weeks.
Skilled migrants warned about changes to path to residency
Immigration New Zealand warns of ‘increasingly sophisticated’ phone scams